About us

After my father passed away in 1994, I went to live with the family of Mr. Moses Tezura in Ishinde, Same District, Kilimanjaro Region, who supported my education as my widowed mother struggled to pay school fees. At that time education was not free, making it difficult for many families to send their children to school. I joined Ishinde Primary School at the age of eleven and worked hard, becoming one of the top students, later serving as class prefect and head prefect. After passing my national exams, I joined Vumari/Itango Secondary School, where generous German well-wishers, the Haker and Friederich families, supported my education through secondary school and university. I later earned a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute of Social Work in Dar es Salaam.

In 2013–2014, I had the opportunity to travel to Germany for practical kindergarten training in Schwerin and Hamburg. This experience inspired me to support young children in my community. As a result, together with other youths, we founded the Ishinde Youth Initiative Organization in 2014. Through this initiative, we have built a kindergarten in Ishinde, helped several students—especially girls—continue their education through sponsorship, installed a water pump to improve access to clean water, and started environmental programs such as tree planting in schools. Despite these achievements, challenges remain in education, water, land, and health, and we continue to seek collaboration with partners and the government to help fight poverty and promote development in Tanzania.